MRI Adapter for Wireless Patient Audio
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Solution Overview
Problem
Magnetic resonance examinations are often unpleasant for patients due to long duration and loud noise, with existing entertainment solutions being either costly or having inadequate signal quality.
Innovation Solution
A magnetic resonance apparatus with a patient positioning apparatus and a communication unit that includes an adapter apparatus with a communication interface, allowing for high-quality audio communication and entertainment through integration with the magnetic resonance coil, eliminating the need for sound tubes and reducing maintenance costs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If sound tubes and sound headphones are used for audio output, then magnetic resonance compatibility is achieved, but transmission quality and signal quality are inadequate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the mechanical sound tube system with a wireless communication system using a mobile phone and wireless headphones. This substitution eliminates the physical constraints of sound tubes while maintaining magnetic resonance compatibility through wireless technology, thereby improving transmission quality without sacrificing reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a mobile phone as an intermediary device between the audio source and the headphones. This intermediary enables high-quality audio transmission via wireless communication protocols while keeping the headphone unit itself simple and magnetically compatible, resolving the contradiction between transmission quality and magnetic resonance compatibility.
2Ease of operation
If a display and headphones system is used for patient entertainment, then entertainment quality is improved, but costs and maintenance requirements increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent leverages the mobile phone's existing multi-functional capabilities (audio playback, wireless communication, entertainment) to serve the patient entertainment purpose. This eliminates the need for dedicated medical entertainment equipment, reducing system complexity while maintaining high entertainment quality through a universal device.
Solution Approach 2:
The patient uses their own mobile phone for entertainment, which is already equipped with necessary audio and entertainment functions. This self-service approach eliminates the need for the medical system to provide complex dedicated entertainment equipment, thereby reducing device complexity and maintenance requirements while preserving entertainment quality.
Data Source
AI summary
The disclosure relates to a magnetic resonance apparatus with a patient positioning apparatus comprising at least one coil plug-in element and a communication unit, wherein the magnetic resonance apparatus comprises an adapter apparatus with a communication interface and the adapter apparatus is adapted to couple the communication unit to the at least one coil plug-in element of the patient positioning apparatus.